Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Matt* Lucas I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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